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Dr. Peter Frank
Justice of the Second Senate
Born in Lauda in 1968
married, three children
| 1987-1992 | Studied law in Würzburg and Munich |
| 1992 | First State Examination in Law |
| 1992-1994 | Legal traineeship in the district of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) |
| 1994 | Second State Examination in Law |
| 1992-1995 | Research assistant at the Chair of Criminology and Criminal Law at Julius Maximilian University (Würzburg), Prof. Dr. Ellen Schlüchter |
| 1995 | Dr. iur., Julius Maximilian University (Würzburg); Doctoral thesis: “Die Verwertbarkeit rechtswidriger Tonbandaufnahmen Privater. Überlegungen zu einem einheitlichen Schutz des Rechts am gesprochenen Wort im Straf- und Strafverfahrensrecht.” (“Admissibility of illegal audio recordings of private persons. Considerations on a standardised legal protection of the spoken word in criminal law and criminal procedure.”) |
| 1995-1997 | Judicial policy officer at the Bavarian State Justice Ministry (Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Justiz) |
| 1997-1998 | Public prosecutor at the Munich I public prosecution office (Staatsanwaltschaft) |
| 1998-1999 | Head of the Legal Policy Division as representative of the Free State of Bavaria to the Federation, Managing Director of the Standing Treaty Commission of the Länder, Bavarian State Chancellery |
| 1999-2004 | Head of the Minister’s Office at the Bavarian State Justice Ministry |
| 2005-2006 | Judge at the Munich I Regional Court (Landgericht) |
| 2006-2007 | Head of a division in the Personnel Department of the Bavarian State Justice Ministry |
| 2007-2009 | Head of the Division of Parliamentary and Cabinet Matters and Parliamentary Liaison Officer of the Landtag (state parliament) at the Bavarian State Justice and Consumer Protection Ministry (Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz) |
| 2009-2010 | Head of the Minister’s Office at the Bavarian State Justice and Consumer Protection Ministry |
| 2010-2011 | Judge at the Munich Higher Regional Court |
| 2011-2014 | Head of several divisions in the Personnel Department of the Bavarian State Justice Ministry |
| 2014-2015 | Head of the Personnel Department of the Bavarian State Justice Ministry |
| 2015 | Attorney General at the Munich Public Prosecutor General’s Office (Generalstaatsanwaltschaft) |
| 2015-2023 | Federal Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe |
| since December 2023 | Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court |